Wassertorstrasse 27 (Quedlinburg)
The house at Wassertorstraße 27 is a listed building in the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt .
location
The building is located on the south side of the Quedlinburger Schloßberg in the Westendorf district . It is registered in the Quedlinburg monument register as a residential building and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The property is located directly on the northern bank of the Mühlgraben . Directly to the west of the house is a small alley belonging to Wassertorstraße, which leads from the higher water gate street down to Unter dem Birnbaum street. Immediately by the house, a small footbridge leads over the Mühlgraben. To the north is the also listed building on Wassertorstrasse 26 .
Architecture and history
The house was built in the 19th century as a day laborer's house and is divided into two parts. The southern part, directly bordering the Mühlgraben, consists of strong masonry made of quarry stone . Presumably, the core of the masonry already belonged to the medieval fortification of Westendorf. To the north is a slightly higher, plastered half-timbered house .
literature
- State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried and Mario Titze: Quedlinburg district. Volume 1: City of Quedlinburg. Fly head, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4 , page 271
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 6.6 " N , 11 ° 8 ′ 14.7" E